beach
US /bitʃ/
Definition
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The hotel is only a five-minute walk from the beach.
Synonyms
- seashorethe shore of a sea or ocean
- coastthe shore of a sea or ocean
- seasidethe shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort
Collocations
- Easy sandy beachdescribing sandy beach (of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown)
- Medium beachfront resort conference packagedescribing beachfront resort conference package (a strip of land running along a beach)
- Hard beach erosion impact studiesto beach erosion impact studies, meaning to land on a beach
- Very Hard beached assets stranded by regulationto beached assets stranded by regulation, meaning to land on a beach
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.